10/29/2010

BoC's Online Dérive: 29 October 2010

Are hipsters ruining Japan? (If you've been familiar with Japan for more than the last 5 years, this probably sounds like a strange question.)

Jürgen Habermas talks about Germany's leitkultur and the affects towards multiculturalism in the state at large.

Indonesian government officials are considering relocating some residents in earthquake-prone islands as the death toll climbed to 413 dead and 298 missing after this week's deadly tsunami.

Critically acclaimed British composer James Hannigan believes that music in videogames has overtaken that of television in terms of production values and is now on a par with film.

Going along with the growing global demand of "dark tourism" (think Auschwitz or the Kwai River bridge), the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism plans to restore 14 Khmer Rouge–era buildings in Anlong Veng, the Communists' last pocket of resistance run by Pol Pot himself.

A look at Britain's hip, small-scale film festivals, where "most of the screenings are of indie films with local relevance, classics the organisers happen to like, or commissioned collaborations with musicians and artists."